# The 2025/26 League Cup
**What is the League Cup?**
The League Cup is a head-to-head, survivor-style fantasy competition.Each week, coaches select a new squad and face off in knockout battles. Lose and you’re out, win and you advance! Fixtures are redrawn every round, and each victory earns you bigger, more exciting prizes. The last coach standing takes home the Cup!
#### **Competition Details:**
* **Format:** The 2025/26 League Cup follows traditional survivor fantasy rules.
* **Competition Type:** All squads must adhere to **Classic COMPETITION** squad rules.
* **Participants:** A total of **128 coaches** will compete.
* **Qualification:** The 128 coaches **with the highest combined score between round 9 and 10** will qualify
* **Fixtures:** Each round's matchups are **randomised**.
* **Number of weeks:** The official cup competition spans 7 weeks, starting from Round 11, while qualification starts Round 9 and spans 2 weeks.
### Qualification
**Qualification for the League Cup is open and free to all coaches.** Across **Rounds 9 and 10**, the **128 coaches** with the highest **combined Classic scores** will automatically qualify for **Week 1 of the League Cup**. No additional action is required — if you’re among the top 128, your entry will be automatically confirmed for the official Week 1 draw.
### **How to Play**
As a coach, your only task is to set your Classic Competition squads each week! GDS will handle the rest, creating the fixtures and providing updates after each week on who is advancing and who has been eliminated.
Coaches progress through the League Cup via head-to-head matchups in each week. The **loser of each fixture is eliminated**, while the winner advances to the next week. This continues until only one coach remains!
Example of match-up progression:
* **Week 1:** ✅ 912 vs 830
* **Week 2:** ✅ 899 vs 890
* **Week 3:** ✅ 934 vs 910
* **Week 4**: 900 vs 803 ❌ (Eliminated)
If you win your matchup, you move on. If you lose, you're out!
**It is important to note:** In the case of a draw, the higher seasonal rank will be the tiebreaker.
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### **Prizes**
Each week you survive earns you rewards:
* **Qualification:** 1 x 9-player Common Pack
* **Week 1:** 1 x 9-player Common Pack
* **Week 2:** 1 x 3-player Rare Pack
* **Week 3:** 1 x 9-player Rare Pack
* **Week 4:** 2025 All Star Card (Given after the season)
* **Week 5:** 1 x 9-player Unique Pack
* **Week 6:** 1 x 10- Player Elite Pack
* **Week 7 (Final) :** Pick 34 in the 2025 GDS Prize Card Draft
Coaches who have won seasonal prize cards are still eligible to win the League Cup prize card as the Fez Rule is not applied to the League Cup.
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